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Auction: 14035 - Postal History, Autographs and Historical Documents
Lot: 3027

Historical Documents
Jacobite Uprising, 1715
1715 (15 September) hand delivered letter to Hugh Saphons in Buckland ... from Colonel Samuel Rolfe requiring lists to be made of able men for service and what arms they may have. Some folding and other creases but still quite fresh. Written three weeks after the Jacobites had captured Perth. Photo

In 1715 the different Devon militias were required to make returns so that a good assessment of military capability could be made

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Estimate
£400 to £500